The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 12
Every episode of Doctor Who Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 12!
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Season 12 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Doctor Who" season 12 is "Spyfall (1)", rated 6.7/10 from 6923 user votes. It was directed by Wayne Che Yip and written by Chris Chibnall. "Spyfall (1)" aired on 1/1/2020 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Spyfall (2)".
6.7/10 6,923 votes#1 - Spyfall (1)
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2020
When intelligence agents around the world come under attack from alien forces, MI6 turns to the only person who can help- a certain Doctor and her companions. As they travel the globe in pursuit of answers, threats arrive from all sides, leaving Earth’s security resting on the team’s shoulders. But where will this planet-threatening conspiracy lead them?
Director: Wayne Che Yip
Writer: Chris Chibnall
6.5/10 6,248 votes#2 - Spyfall (2)
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2020
In part two of this epic spy thriller, a terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?
Director: Wayne Che Yip
Writer: Chris Chibnall
4.2/10 7,035 votes#3 - Orphan 55
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/2020
The Doctor and her friends discover that the luxury resort where they are holidaying is hiding a number of deadly secrets. What are the ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa?
Director: Lee Haven Jones
Writer: Ed Hime
6.5/10 5,739 votes#4 - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2020
1903. On the edge of Niagara Falls, something is wrong at Nikola Tesla’s generator plant. Who or what is sabotaging the maverick inventor’s work? Has he really received a message from Mars? And where does his great rival Thomas Edison fit into these events? The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham must join forces with one of history’s great minds to save both him and planet Earth.
Director: Nida Manzoor
Writer: Nina Metivier
7.5/10 6,296 votes#5 - Fugitive of the Judoon
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/2020
Ko Sho Blo! Trigger-happy space police the Judoon are targeting 21st-century Gloucester. The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham race back to Earth in order to prevent them doing too much damage to the cathedral city. But who are they looking for, and what did they do to incur the wrath of the Judoon?
Director: Nida Manzoor
Writer: Vinay Patel
5.2/10 5,281 votes#6 - Praxeus
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2020
The mysterious “Praxeus” will cause the quartet to split up (never a good idea) to investigate mysteries all over Earth. And what they find will threaten all human life (again).
Director: Jamie Magnus Stone
Writer: Pete McTighe
5.7/10 4,823 votes#7 - Can You Hear Me?
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 2/9/2020
As Graham, Yaz and Ryan return home to see friends and family, they find themselves haunted by very different experiences. Who is the figure calling from beyond the stars for help, and why? And what are the fearsome Chagaskas terrorising Aleppo in 1380? To find the answers, Team TARDIS must embark on a mission which forces them to face their darkest fears.
Director: Emma Sullivan
Writer: Chris Chibnall, Charlene James
7.1/10 5,144 votes#8 - The Haunting of Villa Diodati
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 2/16/2020
Lake Geneva, 1816. Lord Byron and the Shelleys prepare for a night telling ghost stories, but their villa proves to have ghostly presences all its own.
Director: Emma Sullivan
Writer: Maxine Alderton
6.5/10 4,751 votes#9 - Ascension of the Cybermen (1)
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2020
In the far future, the Doctor and her friends face a brutal battle across the farthest reaches of space to protect the last of the human race against the deadly Cybermen.
Director: Jamie Magnus Stone
Writer: Chris Chibnall
5.1/10 6,627 votes#10 - The Timeless Children (2)
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 3/1/2020
The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, and for the Doctor nothing will ever be the same.
Director: Jamie Magnus Stone
Writer: Chris Chibnall